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' RAILROAD CROSSING.

lgtented Deo. 18, 1888.V

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j j-EESE TMEJ EY M y@ EY .Attorney llNrTen STATES PATENT Ormea.

JESSE T. MADHEY, OF FOREST, OlllO, ASSIGNOR OF TVO-TIHRDS TO DANIEL ASlRE AND JOHN F. NYE, OF SAME PLACE.

RAILROADnCROSSlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,868, dated December 18, 1888.

Application filed April 27, 1888.

To all uftom it may concern.'

lle it known that l, JESSE T. .\[ABBE\",a citizen of the United .States ot' America, residing at Forest, in the county of Hardin and State et Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Crossings, of which the following a speciticat ion, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention pertail'ls to certain new and useful improvements in railroad-crossings, having for its object the provision ot' simple and highly-ellicient means for readily and easily shitting pivoted sections ol a main line into a plane coincident with the rails ot' the cross-line, whereby a train on one line is permitted to pass over the track ol' another line.l

The invention consists in pivoted heads or wheels carrying each a section ol' a rail, said heads or wheels being connected together by means ot" chains, whereby they are all operated simultaneously; and the invention comprises the detail construction, combination, and arrangement ol' parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set lorth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view thereof on the line .fr o3, Fig. l. Fig. Sis a detail perspective of one of the fish-plates, and Fig. l is a detail plan View of t-he rail bed or frame.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a main track or line crossed at right angles by a cross-line,A.

B is a square-shaped frame or bed, composed ot four flat metallic bars rigidly secured to or formed with each other, the same being secured upon the ordinary ties, as shown. Upon the upper surfaces of the bars of this frame or bed are secured the rails at the point of crossing. The object of this frame or bed is to prevent lateral displacement of any of the rails at this point, and in the event of one rail being deflected from its proper position the other rails will also move therewith, whereby all the rails at the point of crossing always maintain the same relative position.

C C indicate four heads or wheels located at the point of intersection of each rail with Serial No. 272,054. (No model.)

the adjoining rail ol' the cross or main track. Each head or wheel is composedof a circular body portion havingacircumferential groove or recess, d, and from the under side of said head or wheel projects a short stud or pin, d, which is passed through an aperture in the trame or bed l'into a correspon dingly-shaped hole or aperture in the 'tie located at that point, as shown in Fig. 2. llpon the upper surface of each head or wheel C projects a rail- 6o section, (l2, as shown, which is designed to t tlush with the opposite ends of the rail of either the main or cross track, according to the position it is made to occupy.

D D are clips having pronged or forked ends, through which spikes are driven for re tainiirg the same in position. These clips have upwardly-projeeting over-hanging portions e c, which are designed to rest upon the upper surf ces of the heads or wheels O for 7o holding the same in position, two of said clips being applied to each head or wheel and placed diagonally opposite each other. The side edges ot' the overhanging portions of these clips are beveled, as shown, against which beveled portions bear the side edges of the rail-sections oi the heads or wheels, according to the position occupied by the latter, said' beveled portions of the obliquely-arranged clips preventing the movement of said 8o heads or wheels too much to one side.

To each head or wheel O, within the circumferential groove thereof, is secured a section of a chain, F, the opposite ends of each section being connected by means of turn-buckles 8 5 f f, in one end of each of which works a threaded rod, f', connected at its outer end to the end of each adjoining section. By means of this connection any slack in the chain can be readily and easily taken up.

A swivel-loop, G, is employed for connecting one end of one section of the chain F to an arm, g, to the other end of which the other end ot' said chain is connected. A threaded rod, g', works in the end of this swivel-loop 95 G for drawing the chain to the proper tension.

H is a pivoted post hinged to a stationary post, h, and to an arm attached to the lower end of this post is connected the outer end of a long arm, h', pivotally secured at its roo other end to one end of a lever, 712, the other inner end of said lever being eonneeted to the arm y, before referred to.

The usual signal is secured 1o the out wardly-pro ]l eeting rod l.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that when the deviee oeeupies the position shown in iull lines, Fig. l, the railseetions ot' the heads or wheels will be eoineident with the ends ot' the rails of the main line A, and b v shitting the'parts into the position shown in dotted lines said rail-sections will be coincident with the ends of the rails of the cross-line, as is obvious, the shitting of said heads or wheels being effected by simply turning the pivoted post Il at right angles to the position previously oeeupied.

The advantages of my invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which it aljipertains, and it will be seen that the saine is extremelysimple, cheap, and durable, that it employs but few parts,is void of all complication, and henee is notliable to readily get out oi' order. It will also be seen that my invention embodies advantages in points ot' durability, general etlieieney, and inexpensiveness.

lt is obvious that my invention is applica.- ble to double tracks, a mere duplication of and slight addition tothe parts described being neeesary.

I Claim as my invention* l. As an improvement in railroad-erossn the series of heads or wheels eonneeted by chains and the lever l'or operating said heads or wheels, substantially as shown and described.

2. As an improvement in railroad-crossings, the heads or wheels having studs or pins proieeting therefrom and provided with eireum- Vlerential grooves, the chains eonneeting said heads or wheels, and the means lor operating the same, 'substantially as shown and deseribed.

il. As an inllin'ovement in railroad-erossings, the heads or wheels pivotally secured in position and the el ips havin upwardly-proj eeti n g overhanging portions Yi'or sta'uring said heads or wheels in position, substantially as shown and deseribet'l.

i. As an improvement in railroad-crossings, the heads or wheels having the eliains eon neet-ed thereto and the turn-buekles having threaded rods eonneeting the endsol' the seetions ot said chains, substantially as shown and deseri bed.

5. rlhe herein-deseribed .improvement in railroad-erossings, eomprising the pivoted heads or wheels having rail seetions se cured thereto and provided with circumferential grooves, the ehains seeured in said grooves, theturn-buekles having the threaded rods working therein, the elips seeming said heads or wheels in plaee, the lever, and the hinged post connected to said lever, substantially as shown `and deseribed.

ln testimonywhereof l a'tix my signature in presenee ol' two witnesses.

.l ESSE 'l`. )IA BBFJ Y.

lV itnesses:

(nantes Il. Roomns, J. Non. Met-ULL. 

